Combating Systemic Racism:Resources for the Community
The beauty of anti-racism is that you don’t have to pretend to be free of racism to be an anti-racist. Anti-racism is the commitment to fight racism wherever you find it, including in yourself. And it’s the only way forward.
Ijeoma Oluo, from So You Want to Talk about Race
Resources
Below you will find a list of resources—submitted by our faculty, students, staff, and alumni—aimed at facilitating discussions, exploration, and learning about race and racism in America. While this list is not exhaustive, it provides a valuable starting point for individuals who wish to expand their understanding.
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- The audiobook of Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped From the Beginning is currently available for free from Spotify.
- The Warner Bros. film Just Mercy, adapted from the book of the same name by Bryan Stevenson, is available for streaming for free in June.
- The Open Yale Course African American History: From Emancipation to the Present features recorded lectures and materials, and teaches about the African American experience from 1863 to the present day.
- The University of Minnesota Press is sharing this collection of titles from the past 20 years that contribute to the necessary conversations that are happening. In collaboration with authors, we are making these books available through open access, and they are free for all to read at this crucial moment.
- A month-long curriculum to educate ourselves about white supremacy and structural racism
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- From the Smithsonian: The National Museum of African-American History and Culture has released a "Talking About Race" web portal, which provides digital tools, online exercises, videos, scholarly articles, and more. Users can enter as educators, parents or caregivers, or persons committed to equity.
- Resources for talking to young children about race
- CRJ Resources for talking about race, racism, and racialized violence with kids
- Anti-racism resources
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- Black Lives Matter Toolkits
- Blog posts on mental health for marginalized & intersectional communities
- Therapy for Black Girls Podcast
- Mental Health Issues facing the Black community
- Self-Care Tips For Black People Who Are Struggling With This Very Painful Week (Vice)
- The activist toolkit developed by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Text ACTIONNOW to 90975 to get action alerts from The Movement For Black Lives, and text FLOYD to 55156 to join Color of Change in demanding justice for George Floyd.
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- Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice that Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhart,
- How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
- Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude Steele
- Black Youth Rising: Activism and Radical Healing in Urban America by Shawn Ginwright
- White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
- Between the World and Me by Ta Nehisi Coates
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance by Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin
- Multiplication is for White People: Raising Expectations for Other People’s Children by Lisa Delpit
- Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
- Courageous Conversations about Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools by Glenn Singleton
- Everyday Anti-Racism: Getting Real About Race in School by Mica Pollock
- Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Tatum
- White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
- Blind Spot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji
- We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina Love
- Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique Morris
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
- Police Brutality: An Anthology by Jill Nelson
- I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
- The 1619 Project
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
- Fiction By Contemporary Black Authors About Navigating White Supremacy
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- “Allowables” by Nikki Giovanni
- “I look at the world” by Langston Hughes
- “Paul Robeson” by Gwendolyn Brooks
- “A Small Needful Fact” by Ross Gay
- From the Academy of American Poets: a Black Lives Matter Anthology
- “I Feel Most Colored When I Am Thrown Against A Sharp White Background: An Elegy” by Morgan Parker
- “how to get over [‘be born: black…’]” by T’ai Freedom Ford
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- “Amendment #8” by Mark Bradford
- “Pray for America” by David Hammons
- “SOB, SOB” by Kerry James Marshall
- “Mugshot Portraits: Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott” by Lava Thomas
- “A New Republic” by Kehinde Wiley
- "The Katastwóf Karavan" by Kara Walker
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- “Glory” performed by Common and John Legend
- “Strange Fruit” performed by Billie Holiday
- “Mississippi Goddam” by Nina Simone
- "This is America" by Childish Gambino
- “A Change is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke
- 25 powerful Black anthems
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- Revisionist History Podcast Episode by Malcolm Gladwell: On the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education and how schools can support Black students.
- Code Switch
- Ezra Klein podcast on health disparities by race
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- DEI@SLC: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- #BLM Founder, Patrisse Cullors: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Van Jones: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Erica L. Green: Twitter
- Black Visions Collective: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Franklin Leonard: Twitter | Instagram
- The ReVisionist: Twitter Instagram
- SLC Queer People of Color (QPOC): Twitter Instagram
- Real Talk @ SLC: Twitter Facebook
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- The Innocence Project: “Exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.”
- Black Lives Matter: “A global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.”
- Brooklyn Bail Fund: “Brooklyn Community Bail Fund is committed to challenging the racism, inequality, and injustice of a criminal legal system and immigration and deportation regime that disproportionately target and harm low-income communities of color.”
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund: “Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans.”
- Equal Justice Initiative: “Committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.”
- Thurgood Marshall College Fund: “Established in 1987, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is the nation’s largest organization exclusively representing the Black College Community. Through scholarships, capacity building and research initiatives, innovative programs, and strategic partnerships, TMCF is a vital resource in the K-12 and higher education space.”
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- SLC alum Julia Barry: Ally/accomplice resources here
- South Asians and Black Lives and South Asians in the U.S. must support #BlackLivesMatter, But First Undo Your OzSZXwn Anti-Blackness
- Microaggression and Racial Battle Fatigue — William Smith
- White Fragility — Robin DiAngelo
- Allyship and Accountability Glossary — Levana Saxon
- N. Kristof’s New York Times Series, “When Whites Don’t Get It”
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- The Language of Protest
- Rioting: An American Tradition
- What Martin Luther King Jr Really Thought About Riots
- A Brief History of the Word "Thug"
- The War on Thugs
- COVID-19 in Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups: On the disproportionate burden of illness and death among racial and ethnic minorities and action steps that public health professionals, community organizations, healthcare systems, and individuals can take.
- How to Make This Moment the Turning Point for Change by Former President Barack
- STEM: Structure Matters: Twenty-One Teaching Strategies to Promote Student Engagement and Cultivate Classroom Equity
- Racism in the Workplace Statistics